Oklahoma City's sales tax posts gain

Oklahoma City sales tax collections are up from this time last year, bucking a statewide trend that saw sales tax fall 1.5 percent in the latest reporting period. Despite the price of oil being half what it was a year ago and the rig count also down by half, "Our sales tax is still positive," Doug Dowler, Oklahoma City's budget director, said Wednesday. "Obviously, there's some other strengths in our economy besides oil."

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